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Journalism schools educate more employable students
With the Columbia Graduate School of Journalism recently hiring a new dean, media critics have been … More
Does Twitter put limitations on discussions of race?
Twitter's rapid-fire capabilities and its character limitations often make for regrettable outbursts … More
James Goodale: Journalists should wake to Obama’s free speech record
James Goodale, the chief counsel to The New York Times when the paper published the Pentagon Papers, … More
AP Stylebook changes rule on “illegal immigrant”
On Tuesday, the Associated Press announced a change to its stylebook indicating that its writers … More
David Carr praises new Columbia director Steve Coll
As USC's Annenberg School for Communication & Journalism looks for a new journalism director, … More
Secrecy is trumping public interest in gun control coverage
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Our impoverished national conversation on guns appears to have a new casualty: public information.
The latest victim is the Bangor Daily News in Bangor, Me., whose request for the names of concealed gun permit holders – a public record in Maine – unleashed a firestorm. The paper withdrew its request. [Read more...]